URTICATE Synonyms

• cause annoyance in; disturb, especially by minor irritations

• excite to an abnormal condition, or chafe or inflame

• excite to some characteristic action or condition, such as motion, contraction, or nervous impulse, by the application of a stimulus

• a contagious skin infection caused by the itch mite; characterized by persistent itching and skin irritation

• a strong restless desire

• an irritating cutaneous sensation that produces a desire to scratch

• scrape or rub as if to relieve itching

• have or perceive an itch

• cause to perceive an itch

• have a strong desire or urge to do something

• a small sharp-pointed tip resembling a spike on a stem or leaf

• cause a prickling sensation

• cause a stinging or tingling sensation

• make a small hole into, as with a needle or a thorn

• a kind of pain; something as sudden and painful as being stung

• a mental pain or distress

• a painful wound caused by the thrust of an insect's stinger into skin

• a swindle in which you cheat at gambling or persuade a person to buy worthless property

• operation designed to catch a person committing a criminal act

• cause a sharp or stinging pain or discomfort

• deliver a sting to

• saddle with something disagreeable or disadvantageous

• cause a stinging pain

• cause an emotional pain, as if by stinging

• any of numerous plants having stinging hairs that cause skin irritation on contact (especially of the genus Urtica or family Urticaceae)

• sting with or as with nettles and cause a stinging pain or sensation

• cause annoyance in; disturb, especially by minor irritations